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Civic
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Next
Evening Meetings: 10 February 2012 |
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‘Bletchley
Park and the Enigma Code’ by Bob Skelt.
Beginning
at 7.30 p.m., Christ
Church, Avenue Road
Contact
Clive Hooper for more
details.
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Subscription
Due
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Subscriptions
for 2012 are now due - £10 pp pa. Please contact Greville
if you have any queries.
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Excursion
Bookings |
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Please
send all bookings with payment to: Diana Morgan
Address:
Tannachie, Harcourt Road West Malvern WR14 4DN
Tel:
01684 567 882
Email:
excursions@malverncivicsociety.org.uk
Don’t
forget to book for Claverley Church on 15 March and Warwick on
27 March.
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Visit
to Bath 26 – 29 April 2012 - CANCELLED |
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This
excursion has been cancelled – the hotel has informed us that
it is closing for renovation and we have been unable to make
alternative arrangements. Apologies to those who have booked –
we hope to arrange an alternative later in the year. |
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Society
Award Scheme |
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Entries
for the annual award scheme must be submitted by the end of
March. If you know of any building that should be entered.
Please contact John Dixon. The Award will be presented during
Civic Week. |
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Web
Site Review |
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We
shall be carrying out a review of the web site with Kevin Brewer
and John Handley in the near future. If you have any comments,
please contact John Handley on 01886 880 549 or john@handley2.plus.com
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Archives |
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The
Archive is in the process of being catalogued on to an archive
management system and installed at Christ Church. Soon we hope
that some members will be willing to help with the detailed
description necessary for effective retrieval. In the meantime,
we urge everyone to look for MCS material, past and present,
particularly photographs, preferably named and dated.
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Next
Planning Meeting
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We
usually hold our planning meetings on the third Wednesday in the
month at the Great Malvern Hotel at 5.30p.m. unless otherwise
stated. Details from Bob Tilley
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Malvern
Priory Lunchbox is Back |
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Put
this date in your diary:
2
February: Concert by Musicians Of Malvern College with
Iain Sloan, Conductor
Refreshments
from 12.30pm
Talk/concert
starts at 1pm
Bring
your own lunch
All
welcome - no charge
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Stratford
Theatre Visit |
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We
have made a group booking for Thursday 9 February 2012
for a matinee performance of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. The
tickets have been taken up very quickly and we plan to arrange
more visits in the future. Originally we intended to include a
backstage tour in conjunction with the performance but this is
not possible which has been a disappointment to some members. In
2012 we hope to be able to go to another performance to include
a tour.
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Monthly
Walks |
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The
Society organises a walk on the third Saturday of each month.
Details are usually published on this page of our website as
soon as they are available.
The
date of the next walk are:
18
February
Meet
British Camp car park in time for prompt 10.30 start. Lunch at
Malvern Hills Hotel for those who wish. Walk details: distance 4
miles; good paths but may be muddy in places, no stiles, two
short, sharp climbs. We climb behind the hotel, descend through
the woods to the main road, walk past St. Wulstan’s Church (Elgar’s
family graves) and along bridleway past Little Malvern Court,
cross Shadybank Common and return to the car park past the
reservoir. Please contact Jan and Gordon Bridge on 01886 832486
and/or gordon.bridge@btinternet.com
for
menu options – to be ordered in advance.
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Planning
Study Day |
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Thursday
29th March – Priory Lodge Hall 2.00pm
The
Planning Department of the District Council is hosting a Study
Day to discuss the concept of ‘good design’ which is being
promoted by the Society and is based on good practice that we
have seen at Poundbury, Telford and other places. There will be
special emphasis on the Malvern environment and the use of
sympathetic materials as well as ecological and environmental
considerations. Members of the Society are invited but numbers
will be limited so if you would like to come, please contact Bob
Tilley in good time. This exercise is of particular importance
in the light of development of the Qinetiq site and other
locations. Our recent experience with the application by David
Wilson Homes Mercia for development of 14, Hornyold Road is that
developers – particularly large companies – take scant
notice of Civic Societies and/or local residents as they
normally know best what is required.
Our
planners need all the support that they can get.
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Police
Community Open Day |
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This
will be held on 5 May 2012 at the Great Malvern Police Station.
Members of the public will be invited to visit and meet
representatives of the emergency services, local businesses and
charities and other agencies, including of course the Police.
The Civic Society may have a stand, watch this space for further
developments.
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Spring
Show |
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The
Society will be staging its usual stand at the Spring Show 10
- 13 May 2012; please let Tim
Gunter know if you would like to help for a two hour
session. Free entry to the Show. (
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Visit
to the House of Commons |
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Harriett
Baldwin has invited the Society to visit the House on Monday 14
May 2012. Please let Diana Morgan know without delay
if you would like to go; tickets will be allocated in order of
booking and cost £22.50. There will be some spare places
on the coach if you would like a day in London. As we have
to be at Westminster by 10.00am, it will involve an early start.
Tel:
01684 567 882
Email:
excursions@malverncivicsociety.org.uk
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Civic
Week 2012 |
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Saturday
2 June to Saturday 9 June It is hoped that a draft
programme will be available by the end of January. We are
working with the Town Council to produce a combined Civic Week
and Jubilee programme; Malvern Rotary Club has undertaken to
manage the Jubilee Day celebrations in Priory Park on 4th June.
There will be a Jubilee service in Malvern Priory at 4.00pm on
Sunday 3rd June. The theme of Civic Week is 'Literary Malvern'.
In addition we have invited the senior schools to take part in a
literary competition.
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Diamond
Jubilee Service |
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Sunday
3 June 2012 at 4 o-clock Churches Together in Malvern have
invited members of the Society to a Celebration Service in
Malvern Priory on the above date. The service will be followed
by tea and scones on the Glebe.
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Concert
of Words and Music |
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Saturday
9 June 2012
The
Society is planning to arrange a concert in Christ Church as
part of Civic Week next year. This is being directed by Carleton
Tarr and is a Members’ Concert including younger participants.
If you would like to take part or know someone who would be
interested, contact Carleton on 01684 577 536
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Cemetery
Project Update |
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Work
continues apace. If you would like to help please contact Carleton
Tarr: c_tarr@hotmail.com
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Civic
Voice |
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The
Executive has decided to join Civic Voice effective April this
year; we will keep you up to date with their activities. The
annual subscription is £500 – quite a lot of money in the
context of the Society finances and we will take stock next year
to see if we are getting value for money. Details of their
activities can be found at www.civicvoice.org.uk
Current
campaigns include
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Little
Malvern Letters |
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The
Society has been offered a special discount of £33.75 on a new
book based on a selection of correspondence about Little Malvern
Priory in the C15. Applications to trading@boydell..co.uk or
01394 610 600 www.boydellandbrewer.com
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Church
Clocks |
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Church
Clocks Malvern’s history is extremely well documented and
there are several publications relating the Churches which have
been written in recent years. One aspect of the Malvern Churches
which has not been documented is Church clocks. If you have any
knowledge of and/or are interested in this aspect of Malvern’s
history, please contact John Dixon.
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Mini
Speakers |
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In
July we invited Inspector Jane Francis of West Mercia Police to
give a short talk to the Society; it was very successful and the
Committee have decided to continue the policy of inviting local
groups to talk to us in the future. If you are a member of a
local group who would be interested, contact Roger
Sutton.
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Mazo
de la Roche |
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One
of the writers’ groups who have shown considerable interest in
Civic Week is that which promotes Mazo de la Roche; they are
based in Ontario but a small group of them hope to come over in
June. The link with Malvern is that Mazo’s two adopted
children attended the Downs School between 1929 and 1939. Renee
died a few years ago but Esmee lives near London and is hoping
to come to Malvern in June. The Mazo Society is keen to make
contact with anyone with memories of the Downs in the 30s –
the names of Hoyland, who was the Headmaster, and Ballard have
been mentioned. If you know anyone who might have known the de
la Roches, please let us know.
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Facelift
2012 |
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Leaflets
defining the project were distributed to shop keepers in Great
Malvern, Barnard’s Green, the Link and Link Top in December.
Thanks to Louisa Davidson, Philip Rumney and Bob Tilley for
delivering. We hope that we have a good acceptance rate. The
team has been joined by Peter Clement and Valerie and James
Gilmer and they will be reviewing shop fronts based on the
planning rules recently approved by the District Council.
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Tudor
House Hotel |
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Civic
Society members may be interested that in addition to the web
site www.tudorcourt.net
a Facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Tudor-
Court/115349778552838
and Twitter account twitter.com/#!/tudorcourt2 have been
created to alert followers to progress and changes.
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Holyrood
House |
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Holyrood
House, Wells Road There is some concern about the condition of
this listed building and we have written to the District Council
to request that basic maintenance is carried out to protect the
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Bear
and Ragged Staff |
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CO-SPONSORS OF OUR
NEWS-SHEET
Special
offer - bring your newsletter with you and receive a £5
discount. (Only one voucher per table with a
minimum purchase of two main courses from our restaurant or bar
menu - excludes our special £12/£15 lunch menu)
Website:
www.bearatbransford.co.uk
Tel:
01886 833399
Station
Road, Bransford
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